Boone Fork Falls is a waterfall on Boone Fork in Watauga County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 1.8 miles east of Foscoe and roughly 36.2 miles east of Johnson City as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of North Carolina’s 288 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 68th; the typical North Carolina waterfall is about 50 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls. Boone Fork carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Boone Fork Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 8 recorded waterfalls in Watauga County. Dixon Creek Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3 miles away. New Years Creek Cascades, a tiered waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Mily Falls, is about 3.4 miles away.
Boone Fork Falls is located at 36.1542° N, 81.7348° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.